Attachment for coin-controlled apparatus.



P.J.DREHER. ATTAGHMBNTPOR GOIN GONTBOLLED APPARATUS.

2 sums-SHEET vs1.

APPLICATION FILED ILA-L25, 1911.

Patented De. 5,

UNITED sTATEs PATENT oEEioE.

PHILLIP JACOB DREI-IER, OF TOLEDO, OHIO.

ATTACHMENT EOE coIN-coNTEoLLED APPARATUS.

To all whom 'it may concern:

Be it known that I, PI-IILLIP JACOB DREHER, a citizen of the UnitedStates, and a resident of Toledo, in the county of Lucas and State ofOhio, have invented a certain new and useful Attachment forCoin-Controlled Apparatus; and I do hereby declare the following to be afull, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enableothers skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use thesame, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to thefigures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of thisspecification.

My invention relates to coin-controlled apparatus, and while it isparticularly intended for use in connection with the mechanism shown anddescribed in my former United States Letters Patent No. 984,199 ofFebruary 14, 1911, it is not restricted to such use, as it may be usedin any' connection for which it may be adapted or appropriate.

rThe object of my invention is the provision in combination with acoin-controlled apparatus, of a mechanism for controlling the deposit ofcoins therein, which is simple and efficient in its construction andadapted to detect and return to the operator slugs and undersized coinswhich are deposited therein. f The invention is fully described in thefollowing specification, and while, in its broader aspect, it is capableof embodiment in numerous forms, a preferred embodiment thereof isillustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which,- K f Figure 1 is aperspective view of a portion of the casing of a music box or automaticplayer with my invention associated therewith and a part broken away.'Figs'. 2 and 3 are rear perspective and bottom views,

. respectively, of the shell or case through which the coin-deliveryslides work. Figs. 4 and 5 are opposite side views in perspective of oneof the units which coperate with the coin-delivery slides to control thedelivery of coins to the respective magazines. Fig. 6 is a verticalsection through the mechanism longitudinally through one of said unitswith portions thereofbrokeny away to disclose the slide which coperatestherewith in the delivery of a coin to the associated magazine. Fig. 7is a rear end view of said units assembled. Fig. 8 is a frontperspective view thereof. Fig. 9 is a detail of the Speccation ofLetters Patent.

Application led March 25, 1911.

- Patenteaneet, 1911.

Serial No. 616,977.

stop-plate at the rear end of the coin slides. Fig. 10 is a top planview of the coin slides.

Figs. 11 and l2 are reverse sections thereofV portion of the case orframe work of a piano or other instrument with -which my invention maybe associated, and 2 the mechanism comprising the subject-matter of mysaid Letters Patent No. 984,199.

Through a part of thecase or frame work 1, in the present instance thepost 3 thereof, which is located in advance of the mechanism 2, isprovided an opening 4 in which the stationary coin-delivery units of themechanism comprising-my present invention are mounted in the assembledform shown in Figs.' 7 and 8. These units, if the mechanism is adaptedfor the depositing of four coins of differentdenominations therein, asin the present case, preferably comprise three duplicate inner units 5and the outer units 6 and 7. Each of these units is provided with anextension 8 at the upper forward end portion thereof and with anextension 9 at the lower rear end portion thereof. In the inner side ofthe unit 6 and in the corresponding side of each ofthe units 5 areprovided recesses 10, which extend longitudinally of the upper portionsthereof throughout their lengths, as best shown in Fig. 4. Each of theunits 5 on the opposite side thereof to the recess 10 and the unit 7 onits innerv side are provided with coin-delivery recesses 11, the upperend of each of which is disposed in lateral register with the associatedrecess 10 of the adjoining 4 unit 5 or 6, as thecase may be, and thence'extends downward and rearward in its unit the passage of a cointherethrough as hereinafter described. lt is apparent with thisconstruction of units that when the same are assembled or in laterallyabutting relation, as shown in Figs. 7 and 8, the recess 10 of one unitwill register with the recess 11 of the next unit to the right thereof,thus permitting the passage of coins through registering ones of suchrecesses, as hereinafter described.

The units 5, 6 and 7 are secured in assembled relation in any suitablemanner and the outer ones thereof are shown as being provided with ears16 which project within registering sockets in the wall of the opening 4and are secured therein by screws or in any other suitable manner.

The forward extensions 8 of the units pro ject without the front side ofthe beam 3 and are inclosed by a shell or case 17 which is secured tothe front side of the post 3, as best shown in Fig. 1, with its toppreferably in contact with the tops of said extensions and its bottomdisposed adjacent the lower edges of the units to provide a chamber 18therein into which coins which pass through both recesses 14, 15 of aunit may drop, as hereinafter more fully described. The chamber 18 isprovided with an inclined bottom portion 19 which directs the coinsdropping therein to a delivery slot 20 in the case bottom through whichthey may pass. The top of the case has slots 21 therein corresponding innumber and being of suitable size for the coins of the differentdenominations for which the mechanism is adapted to be inserted. Theseslots register at their inner ends with the recesses 14 of the unitswith which they are associated. As the mechanism in the present case isadapted for the reception of dimes, nickels, quarters and half dollars,the slots 21 are of suitable size for each to receive a coin of one ofsaid denominations and the recesses 14 of the units with which theyrespectively register are of corresponding size. The case 17 is alsoprovided in the front side thereof with slots or openings 22 conformingin shape and size to the outer ends of the recesses 10 of the units andregistering therewith.

ATorking through each case opening 22 and within the registering recess10 of a unit is a slide or coin delivery bar 23, which is connected atits outer or front end to the other bars 23 by a yoke or head 24. Thetwo center bars 23 are shown, in the present instance, as being providedat their inner i or rear ends with extensions 25, which project beyondthe inner ends of the units and work loosely through registeringopenings in a plate 26. This plate is secured to and connects the outerends of fingers 27 which project rearwardly from the upper portions ofthe units 6 and 7, as shown. The outward movement of the bars 23 islimited, by the co-action of a pin 25', at the inner ends of one or bothof the extensions 25, with the plate 26. The bars 23 are yieldingly heldat the limit of their forward movement by the action thereon of a coiledcompression spring 28 which encircles the extensions 25 and has itsopposite ends thrust against the plate 26 and associated ends of thecenter bars and works at its outer end within notches 5 in the inner endportions of the units 5.

Each of the slide-bars 23 is provided in the outer side thereof,relative to the recesses 10 in which they work, with vertical recesses29, which, when the bar is at the limit of its forward stroke or innormal position, register at top and bottom with the respective notches14 and 15 of the associated unit. The upper ends of the bar recesses 29and the openings 21, 14 in register therewith are of suitable size for anew coin of the desired denomination to have a close sliding fittherein, while the lower end portions of such recesses are slightlycontracted longitudinally of the bars to sustain coins of proper sizetherein and permit undersized coins and slugs to pass downward throughthe lower restricted portions of the recesses and registering notches 15into the case chamber 18, from whence they are returned through the slot20 in the bottom of the case to the person depositing the same.

A coin 30 of proper denomination having been deposited within a bar 23and held in suspension within the recess thereof by its lower contractedend, the operator pushes the head 24 and attached bars 23 inward againstthe tension of the spring 26 to the limit of the instroke of the bars,which movement is sufficient to place the coin in lateral register withthe upper end of the associated recess 11 in the adjoining unit intowhich it is ejected by the action thereon of an associated trigger 31,as hereinafter described. The coin is then directed by the recess 11into the registering passage 12 of the magazine 13 by which it isdelivered to the coin-controlled mechanism 2. The magazine 13 ispreferably made of suiiicient length to accommodate a plurality of coinsso that a number may be contained therein at one time and a consequentautomatic repeating of the playing thereby accomplished for each coin inthe associated magazine passage, as will be apparent by reference to myformer Patent No. 984,199.

One of the coin ejecting fingers 31 is fulcrumed within each unit recess10 adjacent the large end thereof, as at 32, and projects within a slot33 provided longitudinally in the associated slide bar 23. The slot 33of each bar is in longitudinal register at its inner end with an opening34 which opens from the coin recess 29 of the bar outwardly therefromand is spaced from the inner end of the slot 33 by a cam portion 35which latter is best shown in Fig. 13. The rear or short end of eachtrigger 31 angles laterally from its fulcrum into position for the cam35 of the associated slide bar to make contact therewith and impart acoin ejecting movement to the trigger when the slide bar has been pushedinward to the limit of its instroke with its coin recess 29 in registerwith the recess 11 of the adjoining unit. As the trigger is oscillatedby contact of its front end with the cam 35, the forward end thereof isforced through the opening 34.- into the coin recess 29 of theassociated bar and effects an ejection of the contained coin into theregistering recess 11 from whence it passes to the associated coinpassage of the magazine 13.

rIhe operation of my invention is as follows A person desiring todeposit, say, a nickel, within the apparatus drops the same within theproper slot 21 in the case 17 from whence it passes through theregistering notch 111 and into the coin holding recess 29 of theassociated slide bar 23. Should an undersized coin be deposited the samewill pass entirely through the recess 29 into the lower portion of thecase 17 and thence be returned through the slot 20 in the bottom of thecase 17 to the person depositing the same, thus insuring the deposit ofa coin of proper size within the respective coin slots. A coin of propersize having been deposited within a bar recess 29 the operator pushesthe head 24 and attached bars 23 inward to the full extent, which placeseach of the bar recesses 29 inlateral register with the upper ends ofthe associated recesses 11, and the coin which may be carried by any ofthe bars is ejected into its recess 11 by the action thereon of theejecting trigger 31 as the cam 35 of the slide bar makes contact withand moves the rear end of the trigger. Upon the ej ecting of the coininto a recess 11 it passes therethrough into the registering passage ofthe magazine 13 and thence passes to the coincontrolled mechanism 2where it acts upon certain mechanism described in my said former patentto effect a playing of the associated instrument if such instrument beAof a musical nature. The same action takes place when a coin of anyother denomination for which the apparatus is adapted is depositedtherein.

It is apparent that while I have particularly described my invention inassociation with a musical instrument the same may be used in connectionwith pay telephones or for any other purpose for which it may be adaptedor appropriate.

I wish it understood that my invention is not limited to any specicconstruction or arrangement of the parts except in so far as suchlimitations are specified in the claims.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is,-

1. In an apparatus of the class described, a reciprocatory member havinga coin receptacle therein, means guiding the movements of said memberand having a coin delivery passage with which said receptaclehorizontally registers when the member is in one position of itsmovement, means acting on the member to normally retain its member incoin receiving position, and means positively moved by a movement ofsaid member for ejecting a coin'from said receptacle into said deliverypassage when they move into register.

2. In an apparatus of the class described, a reciprocatory member havinga coin hold- -ing recess therein which has a restricted opening at itsbottom to permit the passage of an undersized coin therethrough, meansnormally holding the member in one position of its movement, meansguiding the movements of said member and having a coin delivery passagewith which the recess of said member horizontally registers when movedfrom normal position, and means positively moved by a movement of saidmember to eject a coin into the passage from said recess when inregister.

3. In an apparatus of the class described, a reciprocatory member havinga coin receptacle therein, means in which said member moves and having acoin delivery passage with which the coin recess of said memberhorizontally registers when at a predetermined point in its movements,and a coin ej ecting trigger carried by saidl means and automaticallymovable by said member at a predetermined point in its movement to ejecta coin therefrom and into said passage.

4. In an apparatus of the class described, a reciprocatory member havinga coin carrying recess therein and provided with a cam surface, means inwhich said member moves and having a coin delivery passage with whichthe coin recess of said member registers when at a predetermined pointin .its movements, and a coin ejecting trigger pivoted to said means andautomatically movable by engagement with said cam surface at apredetermined point in the movement 4of said member to effect anejection of a coin PHILLIP JACOB DREHER.

Witnesses:

C. W. OWEN,

GLEE GASKELL.

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